Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #7 Demonstrates the Progressive and Regressive tendencies of the American Superhero
9 min readJun 15, 2019
Superhero comics are weird. On the one hand, their writers are often, though not exclusively, socially-minded progressive types; Stan Lee, for example, famously featured anti-racist, anti-bigotry messages in his comics, especially his editorials, Jack Kirby made a habit of depicting his…